De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat vs Empress Brilliant

Thyroptera devivoi compared with Heliodoxa imperatrix

Key Differences

• De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat is Data Deficient while Empress Brilliant is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat	Empress Brilliant
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Thyropteridae	Trochilidae
Genus	Thyroptera	Heliodoxa
Species	Thyroptera devivoi	Heliodoxa imperatrix

Evolutionary Relationship

De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat and Empress Brilliant share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Empress Brilliant

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat	Empress Brilliant
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Empress Brilliant

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Norway.

Empress Brilliant

A large, brilliantly colored hummingbird of humid Andean forests in Colombia and Ecuador, male empress brilliants are among the most striking hummingbirds with iridescent green and violet plumage and glittering scales across their throat and breast. Found at elevations between 1,000–2,100 meters in cloud forest. Named in honor of Empress Eugenie of France, these powerful birds aggressively defend territory around flowering trees. Listed as Least Concern with stable populations in remaining Andean forest.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia